Was The Trick a polemic or thriller?
On the evidence on screen, it fell between two stools and landed with a thud.
Based on the Climategate affair of 2009. Hackers broke into the computers of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit and copied emails and documents.
It was then alleged that chief scientist, Prof Philip Jones (Jason Watkins) and his colleagues manipulated data to suggest man made climate change was more prevalent than thought.
Under pressure, receiving death threats and the prospect of his reputation in tatters. Jones has to prepare to appear in front of a House of Commons committee. He is managed by a team of PR experts.
There was nothing here that worked as a thriller. It was frankly dull and the director had to resort to showing pretty pictures of the sea, fields and a lighthouse.
As a polemic, it was too preachy. Most of the audience know that polluting the atmosphere is bad for the planet. Suggesting impending doom just turns people off especially when they are going through a real life pandemic.
On the evidence on screen, it fell between two stools and landed with a thud.
Based on the Climategate affair of 2009. Hackers broke into the computers of the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit and copied emails and documents.
It was then alleged that chief scientist, Prof Philip Jones (Jason Watkins) and his colleagues manipulated data to suggest man made climate change was more prevalent than thought.
Under pressure, receiving death threats and the prospect of his reputation in tatters. Jones has to prepare to appear in front of a House of Commons committee. He is managed by a team of PR experts.
There was nothing here that worked as a thriller. It was frankly dull and the director had to resort to showing pretty pictures of the sea, fields and a lighthouse.
As a polemic, it was too preachy. Most of the audience know that polluting the atmosphere is bad for the planet. Suggesting impending doom just turns people off especially when they are going through a real life pandemic.